The City of Brigantine must have called out sick when simple accounting principles were being taught. At the recent council meeting, Mayor Guenther & Councilman Simpson were questioned on some very basic, financial best practices. Post by Brigantine Now. GAAP, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, seem to be difficult for Brigantine […]
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Just over the bridge from Brigantine, Ron Jaworski was in Atlantic City this weekend for the popular Maxwell awards ceremony taking place at the Tropicana Casino Hotel. Chuck Betson from WOND 1400 am Radio spent a few minutes with JAWS talking AC, the Philadelphia Soul, online sports betting, and of
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Brigantine Beach, where reality and logic are on a perpetual vacation, especially when 70% of the taxpayers are not around and the Links at Brigantine Golf is being discussed. On Wednesday night, March 4, after Simpson and company took a few cheap shots at Ron Jaworski’s character, the Brigantine councilman
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Will Brigantine make a deal with golf course expert Ron Jaworski? Or will Mayor Guenther say ‘no thanks’ to JAWS and take the ‘Links at Brigantine’ non-profit? Find out on Wed night at 6p, at the Brigantine City Council Meeting. ‘Food & Beverage’ could be the deal breaker in this
Brigantine Elementary & Middle school performance results have been released for 2014, and parents are not happy. The results show academic performance of Brigantine students seriously lags in comparison to schools across the state. The Brigantine middle school is borderline bottom 20%… when compared to schools across the state. These
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Brigantine School District no longer has voting rights for their part in the Atlantic City School system. (see here) As a ‘sending district’, Brigantine taxpayers contribute approx. $20,000 for every Brigantine student sent to AC high. According to Superintendent Brian Pruitt, Brigantine sends 170 kids to AC High, which means
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Walking papers were handed to city manager Jennifer Blumenthal, in order to make way for City Engineer Ed Stinson….to step into that role, effective Jan. 22. Who will take over role as City Engineer? Do we even need one? Will Stinson play dual roles? New Republican majority on council removes
The Brigantine GOP selected Karen Bew to fill 1st ward council seat vacated by Council-at Large Simpson. Bew is a retired school teacher, married to Gordon Bew, a retired captain of the Brigantine Fire Department. Ms. Bew is also the mother of Melissa Bew Knoff, a Brigantine school teacher. Karen
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Members of the Brigantine GOP have nominated three people to fill the vacant first ward council seat. This person will serve the rest of Councilman Andy Simpson’s term in the 1st ward…expiring NOV 2015. Simpson is now a Councilman at Large. Nominations include local resident Karen Bew, a retired school teacher.
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Tonight at 6pm, Brigantine City Council will open up the new year with a full slate of fun. WATCH IT LIVE online here at BrigantineNOW. (if Mayor & council decides to webcast the meeting). Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream
Outgoing Brigantine Councilman; Tony Pullella recently issued a statement about a potential deal between Ron Jaworski and the Brigantine Links Golf Course. This comes days after Councilman Frank Kern finally put forward a motion asking our City Solicitor to start negotiations with the Ron Jaworski Golf Group. Too little, too
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From Dr. Frank Kern; Brigantine City Councilman: “This is my last regular Wednesday night council meeting as a sitting council member. It has been an honor and a privilege to sit on council. I want to thank all of the people who supported me and worked hard for me and
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Oops. Another glitch. City Manager Blumenthal forgot to put the Golf Course deal on the City Council agenda this past Wednesday night. Mayor tried to blame Dems for that one, but no luck. Councilman Pullella respectfully reminds Mayor that Blumenthal was notified no less than 3 times about this simple
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Will Brigantine City Council pull the trigger on a major decision tonight at 6p inside City Hall. Will Ron Jaworski Golf be contracted to turn around our money-losing Brigantine Golf Links? Unfortunately, part-time residents will need to travel to Brigantine to participate in this critical debate. Outgoing city manager; Jennifer
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As the demand increases for an agreement to be reached with Ron Jaworski Golf to take over operations of the Brigantine Golf Links, residents have been asking Mayor Phil Guenther one question: What’s the hold-up? The mayor has shown himself to be adamantly opposed to the deal, which would greatly
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